NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is a scalable, high performance CPU PCI-E Gen3 direct connnect to NVMe devices, designed for Client and Enterprise server systems using SSDs technology, that was developed to reduce latency and provide faster CPU to data storage device performance.

Unified with the latest Intel Xeon processors utilizing common instruction sets and Xeon Phi's multiple programming models, it is easier to port parallel computing applications in the hybrid environment and take advantage of the powerful processing resources of Supermicro's HPC platforms.

NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is a scalable, high performance CPU PCI-E Gen3 direct connnect to NVMe devices, designed for Client and Enterprise server systems using SSDs technology, that was developed to reduce latency and provide faster CPU to data storage device performance.

Unified with the latest Intel Xeon processors utilizing common instruction sets and Xeon Phi's multiple programming models, it is easier to port parallel computing applications in the hybrid environment and take advantage of the powerful processing resources of Supermicro's HPC platforms.

Space-efficient, compact design, Network Security Appliance, Cloud and Virtualization, High Performance NAS Servers, Business Critical Applications, Small and Medium Business

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It's the virtualization server I've been hoping for for 4 years, finally we can affordably get to 128GB of RAM

I'm loving the efficiency and power of this little beast, having used it extensively over the past 5 weeks. I have the ability to install up to 6 drives, with the PCIe slot used by the included graphics card.

Here's the important tips to keep in mind about storage, should you choose to do some upgrades after this pre-configured system arrives.

There is an M.2 port on the motherboard that works like this:SATA0 is the Yellow SATA DOM port on the mobo, but if something is installed in the M.2 socket, it takes over, and whatever is plugged into the yellow port (such as a SATA DOM, or a 2nd SSD in that side-mounted internal 2.5" bracket) gets ignored.SATA1 hot swap drive bay (bottom)SATA2 hot swap drive baySATA3 hot swap drive baySATA4 hot swap drive bay (top)SATA5 2.5 drive bay internal top (which takes up the space a DVD reader would go)

You can get a 3.5" to 2.5" converter caddy (SKU 10019224) to use the 4 3.5" bays for hot swap SSDs if you'd like.

Full disclosure: I'm the guy from TinkerTry who bought first, tested heavily, then partnered with Wiredzone to test and approve this special bundle, which is very much vSphere 6.0 / ESXi 6.0 ready!

It's best to use ESXi on a 8GB or larger USB flash drive like SanDisk UltraFit CZ43 16GB USB 3.0, keeping all your SATA3 ports available for storage.

Was looking for a power-efficient server for home ESXi lab. Closest alternative I could find required buying components individually, assembling/testing myself and was $600 more expensive! That was when I realized what a good deal this server bundle is. I bought two of these (Bundle #2) and they've been working beautifully in my home lab. Whisper-quiet when running, and only pull 45-50 watts per server (with no internal storage). They put out very little heat when idle. I'd highly recommend them for the home lab enthusiast!

I just purchased my 3rd SYS-5028D-TN4T-Bundle 2. I've been using 2 of these for my vSphere lab over the past 8 months and they've been fantastic! They're listed on the vSphere 6.0 HCL and are fully compatible with vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT). Extremely quiet, put out very little heat and they just sip power. I'd highly recommend for a lab or very small server environment.

This is a great system. I thought that after I got a job with a cloud company, I would no longer need a home lab. Couldn't be further from the truth.

I went for a 2 TB SSD plus 64 GB RAM and 8 cores. I am able to run vRA, vCO, Hyper-V, vROPS, AD, SolarWinds, ServiceNow on Oracle, ServiceNow on MySQL and still have room for what my customers will challenge me to integrate with.

*IPMI is a great. Don't know how I lived without it.*The SATA cable on top was just long enough.*The drive bays for the 3.5 inch disks worked perfectly*The machine is quiet. I could just barely hear it when booting 10 VMs at once.*The built in web site of ESX 6U2. Nice!

I purchased one bundle to see how I'd like it. I quickly ended up purchasing a second one to complete my home VMware lab. I was running VMware 6 and now 6.5 with no issues at all. I had to download the drivers for the 10GB NICs but there is a tinkertry article which clearly explains how to do it. I used to run HP DL385's and let me tell you my wife is so much happier with how quiet and how much less electricity these SuperMicro servers use. I highly recommend them to anyone looking to build a good home lab.

The reviews that are posted here make it sound like this should work out of the box with ESXi 6.0. I went through the whole process, configured a RAID1 set with two SSD and another RAID5 set with (4) 4TB drives. The setup shows two volumes created. ESXi is installed on a USB thumb drive. When you look at storage in ESXi it sees all of the individual drives, not the volumes that were configured in RAID setup. Other forums say that this Intel Controller only does "Fake RAID" and ESXi sees through this and won't allow you to use it.